ISIS continues its attacks on the Egyptian military in Sinai amid widespread human rights violations
On Tuesday, two Egyptian rankers were killed by an attack launched by Wilayet Sinai, the local ISIS branch in Egypt, in Arish, North Sinai. Military sources reported that Wilayet Sinai militants attacked Egyptian military forces west of Arish killing two…
Amnesty International demands release of media professor detained in Egypt
Amnesty International has called on the Egyptian authorities to release the journalism professor at Cairo University, Ayman Nada, who was arrested on 25 September after writing a series of articles criticising the domination of the state over the media and…
‘Sent to hell:’ Egypt forcibly deports Eritrean refugees to Asmara
The Refugees’ Platform in Egypt denounced the enforced deportation of eight Eritrean refugees by the Egyptian authorities, on Sunday, to Asmara, without enabling them to register as asylum seekers at the UN Refugee Agency, or to hire a lawyer. The…
Public prosecution investigates corruption in the ministry of health with Hala Zayed suspended
Egypt’s public prosecution declared that it interrogates a number of officials in the Egyptian ministry of health. The declaration came hours after the news of arresting the office manager of the minister of health as well as 4 officials in…
Osama Askar: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi appoints the controversial general as the military’s chief-of-staff
Tuesday, afternoon, Egypt’s state-sponsored TV channels as well as Arab news TV channels put a red screen strap declaring an urgent news reading, “The Egyptian president Abdel Fattah appoints the Major General Osama Roshdy as the Egyptian military’s chief-of-staff.” Osama…
Scandal in Egypt’s ministry of health: Zayed has heart attack after unveiling systemic corruption managed by her office
Monday, the Egyptian minister of health and population, Hala Zayed, returned to her office in the ministry’s premise located in Cairo’s downtown after attending the commencement of military colleges and institutes’ graduates with Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. But in the ministry,…
Minister of water resources: Egypt gets over 90% of its water resources from the Nile
The Egyptian minister of irrigation and water resources, Mohamed Abdel Aaty, said that Nile water flow to the country declined after the operation and filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as Egypt gets over 90% of its water from…
Two students die in the beginning of the educational year due to congestion in public schools
Since the beginning of the new educational year in October, two Egyptian students died from overcrowding in public schools leading to quarrels over the desks of the classes. The first one was Eid Mohamed Helmy Shehata, a 13-year-old student in…
Popular campaign formed against new insurance and pensions law in Egypt
Syndicate men, journalists and lawyers have issued a statement demanding the new insurance and pensions law (148 of 2019) be amended. The campaign said that the law wastes the savings of most Egyptian workers, who pay for the insurance, and…
Workers of CID Chemicals strike against low profit disbursement
The Centre for Trade Unions and Workers’ Services expressed solidarity with the workers of the Chemical Industries Development Company (CID) after the board of directors decided to freeze the work. The CID board’s decision came after the workers announced a…
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